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Re: That last mentioned is awesome. Camilla Send a noteboard - 11/05/2010 12:12:21 AM
I really do think that the narrator is little more than a vehicle for Harkaway's prose for most of the novel. So while the novel is clever and funny, the narrator is not. You don't... warm to him. He's not the average joe, he uses his educated prose to denigrate other educated people AND maintain a degree of authority in his blue-collar company (and seemingly it is the only way he can do so since he is always overshadowed by Gonzo his love), and he keeps telling you the same thing over and over.

Until the twist, where you realise who and what he is. Or rather, when HE realises who and what he is. I stand by how clever that is. And I really wish I had not read that Gaiman and Pratchett.

But... he's not someone to warm up to. I need a character to latch on to when I am reading, or people - and the narrator gives me almost none.


Ah, I used all the minor characters for that. I usually do. Another similiarity to Buffy, if you will. Wu, Elisabeth, Elisabeth's mother, the Bey...


In the discussion I am going to talk about ninjas vs. pirates.


me too :P
*MySmiley*
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The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway - 10/05/2010 06:01:50 PM 5393 Views
I have no idea what you just wrote : ) *NM* - 10/05/2010 07:01:53 PM 913 Views
Re: Shall I rewrite it? *NM* - 10/05/2010 07:02:37 PM 905 Views
It works perfect for the book then. - 10/05/2010 08:29:57 PM 1591 Views
Which Gaiman and Pratchett? *SPOILERS* - 10/05/2010 09:51:01 PM 1556 Views
Re: *SPOILERS* MAJORLY. - 10/05/2010 09:57:01 PM 1477 Views
Re: *SPOILERS* MAJORLY. - 10/05/2010 09:59:57 PM 1603 Views
Nice review! I'll read it at some point, in time for the book club if not earlier... - 10/05/2010 09:55:22 PM 1479 Views
Re: I'm resigned to being the only person who didn't like it. - 10/05/2010 09:58:10 PM 1530 Views
It did not remind me of Buffy. - 10/05/2010 10:00:41 PM 1461 Views
Re: SPOILERS for season seven of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. - 10/05/2010 10:18:45 PM 1499 Views
Re: SPOILERS for season seven of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. - 10/05/2010 10:26:13 PM 1508 Views
Re: Ooooh yes. - 10/05/2010 10:32:13 PM 1568 Views
Re: Ooooh yes. - 11/05/2010 12:11:53 AM 1437 Views
I don't like it so far. About 150-200 pages in. Not impressed. - 10/05/2010 10:02:21 PM 1509 Views
I don't recall it getting any better later - 10/05/2010 10:15:55 PM 1478 Views
Why are you not impressed? *NM* - 10/05/2010 10:16:29 PM 769 Views
Re: SPOILERS - 10/05/2010 10:22:52 PM 1491 Views
Re: SPOILERS - 10/05/2010 10:28:06 PM 1439 Views
Re: That last mentioned is awesome. - 10/05/2010 10:33:29 PM 1596 Views
Re: That last mentioned is awesome. - 11/05/2010 12:12:21 AM 1475 Views
Seems like he's trying too hard. - 10/05/2010 10:39:34 PM 1559 Views
Re: It does end better than it begins and goes on. - 10/05/2010 10:23:30 PM 1503 Views
This is a weak novel. - 11/05/2010 03:50:01 PM 1438 Views
This is one of the books you really should not judge until you've finished it *NM* - 11/05/2010 04:15:23 PM 792 Views
That's why I didn't. - 11/05/2010 07:59:54 PM 1499 Views
But that raises another question - 11/05/2010 08:03:45 PM 1465 Views
Re: It's definitely not fabulous. - 11/05/2010 06:47:01 PM 1538 Views
I understand your complaints - 12/05/2010 11:45:10 PM 1501 Views

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